Hollywood and anti-semitism : a cultural history up to World War II / Steven Alan Carr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carr, Steven Alan, 1964- author.

Series:

Cambridge Studies in the history of mass communication.

Cambridge Studies in the history of mass communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--California--Los Angeles--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

Jews in the motion picture industry--United States.

Jews in the motion picture industry.

Antisemitism--United States.

Antisemitism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 342 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Hollywood & Anti-Semitism

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the role of American Jews in the entertainment industry, from the turn of the century to the outbreak of World War II. Eastern European Jewish immigrants are often credited with building a film industry during the first decade of the twentieth century that they dominated by the 1920s. In this study, Steven Carr reconceptualizes Jewish involvement in Hollywood by examining prevalent attitudes towards Jews among American audiences. Analogous to the Jewish Question of the nineteenth century, which was concerned with the full participation of Jews within public life, the Hollywood Question of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s addressed the Jewish population within mass media. This study reveals the powerful set of assumptions concerning ethnicity and media influence as related to the role of the Jew in the motion picture industry.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: What Is the Hollywood Question?; PART 1 The Hollywood Question and American Anti-Semitism, 1880...1929; PART 2 The Hollywood Question for a New America, 1929...1941; PART 3 The Hollywood Question, 1941 and Beyond; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-335) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-11339-3

0-511-15288-4

0-511-17370-9

0-521-57118-9

0-511-05364-9

1-280-42917-8

0-511-61263-X

0-511-32341-7

OCLC:

475916087